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Democratic legitimacy : impartiality, reflexivity, proximity /
It's a commonplace that citizens in Western democracies are disaffected with their political leaders and traditional democratic institutions. But in Democratic Legitimacy, Pierre Rosanvallon, one of today's leading political thinkers, argues that this crisis of confidence is partly a crisi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | It's a commonplace that citizens in Western democracies are disaffected with their political leaders and traditional democratic institutions. But in Democratic Legitimacy, Pierre Rosanvallon, one of today's leading political thinkers, argues that this crisis of confidence is partly a crisis of understanding. He makes the case that the sources of democratic legitimacy have shifted and multiplied over the past thirty years and that we need to comprehend and make better use of these new sources of legitimacy in order to strengthen our political self-belief and commitment to democracy. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 235 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400838745 1400838746 1283100312 9781283100311 9786613100313 6613100315 |